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Flashback: Summer 2009

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Our 2010 "Party of Five" summer vacation adventures!

Can't wait to tell you all about it when we return :)

Flashback: Summer 2008

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Flashback: Summer 2007

I love summer time. I love summer vacations even more! We are off this week enjoying a family summer vacation...yay! I thought while we are away making new memories I would leave you with a few flashbacks of previous summer memories...enjoy:)

Up next....Flashback: Summer 2008.

Story Time with Abigail

Abigail has been practicing her reading skills a lot this summer and she is doing fantastic! See for yourself...

Isn't she just adorable?! Great job Abigail!

Proud Boy

Nathan has a lot to be proud of these days. It seems as though in the past few months he has grown by leaps and bounds...and I don't mean just in size (although he is getting sooo tall!). We all know Nate and we love him to pieces. Nate has one of the absolute sweetest hearts of a child that I have ever known. One thing about Nate's personality though (that tugs on the hearts of all parents/caregivers that have been part of raising this boy) is that he gets discouraged very easily. When it comes to trying something new or challenging, it usually takes lots of persuasion and encouragement for him to even give it a try. And, if it doesn't go well, you can forget Nate trying again. I must say that lately this has not been the case for Nathan. He has been trying new things with little coaching and enjoying himself. He has even been practicing things he has not perfected yet but is improving greatly such as....

Learning to ride a 2 wheeler. Just look at that smile! Can you tell he is just so proud of what he has accomplished?!

And here he is, Nate the Great, riding all on his own (with Daddy not far behind, of course!). Please forgive us for the pink bike. Nate has outgrown his and Abby was so kind to let him borrow her bike. Just look at him go!


Although Nate isn't ready to go out on bike rides yet with his training wheels off, he keeps on practicing and doesn't give up :)

And that's not all he has to brag about! Nathan has also been doing a great job at practicing his numbers and letters. At first he wasn't into the whole learning his numbers and letters and getting ready to go to preschool thing, but that is slowly changing too. He is sooo excited to go to preschool this fall. And each day at our house he practices his letters, numbers & writing his name. To some this may not seem like much, but for us this is HUGE!

Nate wrote his name himself (it's a little hard to see with the orange crayon he used, but it's there!).

Way to go Nathan! We are so proud of you! Keep up the good work!